The document provides a guide to live video streaming, including options for equipment, hosting, and setup. It discusses inexpensive starting options under $100, more advanced options over $600, and professional solutions. The anatomy of a basic live stream is explained, including cameras, capture cards, encoders, bandwidth requirements, codecs, and JW Player for viewing. Three suggested setup solutions are provided at different price points for basic, moderate, and professional needs.

1. Live Video Streaming
A How-to-Guide
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3. Two phrases
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4. Hire someone
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5. Swagit.com
Sportsgram.net
Local Radio
Edgecast
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6. Good Enough
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7. $89.99
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8. $699.99
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9. The More You Want
The More It Will Cost
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10. What do I want?
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11. Stream from your website
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12. Stream to mobile devices
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13. More than one camera
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14. Graphic Overlays
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15. No Ads
(At Least Not Other People’s)
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16. Anatomy of a Stream
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18. Camera Something you already own
Consumer Grade Camera
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19. USB Firewire
Capture
BlackMagic Matrox
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20. Encoder
Flash Media
Wirecast
Live Encoder
Livestream Ustream
Procaster Producer
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21. Bandwidth
1.5 Mbps
Minimum
Upload
3.0 Mbps
Recommended
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22. Server
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23. Video Audio
h.264
Codec AAC
Codec
640x360
Stream
Resolution
96
Kbps
30FPS
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24. Player
JW Player
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26. 3 Suggested Solutions
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27. Solution #1
Quick, Easy, Free
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29. Solution #2
Quick, Easy, $50
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31. Solution #3
I’m a Pro, Charge the Big Bucks
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32. JW Player
Wirecast
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33. Lessons Learned
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34. SMU Centennial Celebration:
Get a wired internet connection
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35. Dali Lama Lecture:
Have someone monitoring stream
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36. 2012 Rockwall ISD Graduation:
Offer feedback channel
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37. 2012 Memorial Day Celebration:
Get the audio right
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38. Get the audio right
Recording can be hard
Newtek Tricaster
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39. Acknowledgements
Money designed by Lemon Liu from The Noun Project
Computer from The Noun Project
Laptop from The Noun Project
Ipad designed by Jason Schmitt from The Noun Project
Tips designed by Lemon Liu from The Noun Project
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40. Contact me
james.vandyke@rockwallisd.org
@jamesvandyke
jamesvandyke.com
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41. Resources
http://store.livestream.com/pages/livestream-audio-video-101
http://blog.ianbeyer.com/category/streaming/
http://speedtest.net
http://aws.amazon.com
http://wowza.com
http://blackmagicdesigns.com
http://telestream.net/wirecast
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42. Extras
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43. Launching a Wowza Instance
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52. Wowza URLs
• Address:
rtmp://54.235.172.108:1935/live/
rtmp://ipaddress:1935/live/
• Stream: myStream.sdp
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53. AWS EC2 Security Settings
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54. Wowza Instance Limits
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55. Origin and Edge Instances
• Origin is where you push the stream to
• Edge instances were copies of the streams are for additional capacity.
• A load balancer routes traffic to the various instances
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56. JW Player Code
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.rockwallisd.com/wp-content/plugins/risd-stream/
includes/jwplayer.js?ver=5.9.2118'></script>
<div id='player'>This text will be replaced</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
jwplayer('player').setup({
height : 360,
width: 640,
players: [{
config: {
file: 'myStream.sdp',
streamer: 'rtmp://54.235.172.108:1935/live'
},
type: 'flash',
src: 'http://www.rockwallisd.com/wp-content/plugins/risd-stream/includes/player.swf'
},{
config:{
file: 'http://54.235.172.108/live/myStream.sdp/playlist.m3u8'
},
type: 'html5'
}],
});
</script>
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